The living rock
Subtitle: the story of metals since earliest times and their impact on developing civilization
By: A.J. Wilson.
Contributors: Agricola, Georg, 1494-1555.
Publisher: Woodhead Pub.
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Cambridge, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
Subjects: Agricola, Georg, -- 1494-1555.; Metallurgy -- History.; Mining engineering -- History.; Mineral industries -- History.; Technology and civilization -- History.
Other titles: Story of metals since earliest times and their impact on developing civilization.
Notes: "Georgius Agricola, father of mineralogy, 1494-1555. A tribute on the occasion of the quincentenary of his birth, March 24, 1994"--P. [v].

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-274) and index.